Figure 7.

(A) Melittin-induced lipid tilt angle as a function of the distance between a melittin monomer and surrounding lipids. Data were obtained from lipid bilayers with different initial membrane tension. (B) The mean tilt angle for lipids underneath a peptide monomer as a function of initial membrane tension is shown. (C) The mean lipid tilt angle induced by the binding of melittin monomer, dimer, trimer, and tetramer on an initially tensionless bilayer is shown. (D) Spontaneous membrane curvature induced by the binding of melittin monomer, dimer, trimer, and tetramer on an initially tensionless bilayer is shown. To see this figure in color, go online.